Zie 37 Stagen

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Zie 37 Stagen
Directed by Sylvain Guy
Written bySylvain Guy
Produced by Marcel Giroux
Starring Thierry Frémont
Denis Mercier
Dino Tavarone
CinematographySerge Ladouceur
Edited byClaude Grégoire
Production
company
GPA Films
Release date
  • February 1997 (1997-02)(RVCQ)
Running time
23 minutes
CountryCanada

Zie 37 Stagen is a Canadian short comedy film, directed by Sylvain Guy and released in 1997. The film centres on an assassin who enters an elevator with a military general with the intention of killing him, only for the elevator trip to be more wild and fantastical than anybody but the elevator operator had imagined.

The film's dialogue is spoken entirely in a mashup of several different European languages. [1]

The film premiered at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in February 1997, [2] and was later screened at the 1997 Yorkton Film Festival, the 1997 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, and in the Perspective Canada program at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival. [3]

It won six awards at Yorkton, for Best of Festival, Best Comedy, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, and Best Direction. [4] At Cinéfest, it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.

It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 18th Genie Awards. [5]

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References

  1. Anabelle Nicoud, "Sylvain Guy : le noir au cœur". La Presse , September 6, 2008.
  2. Alan Hustak, "Quebec-film fans have Rendez-vous to keep: Festival showcases local talent". Montreal Gazette , February 19, 1997.
  3. "The Canadian perspective". Toronto Star , September 5, 1997.
  4. "Journal". Playback , June 2, 1997.
  5. Craig MacInnis, "Sweet on The Hereafter; Atom Egoyan movie leads Genie parade". Edmonton Journal , November 5, 1997.